"I honestly don't see him shut down, delayed, but not stopped. He will probably be surprised at any serious resistance to his plan, and that will buy us time. The bigger the suprise the more time we will have, as it will take him longer to plan a way around it. That said, we, or should I say Admiral Lasiter, should prepare for a fight. He will have to have something big to shut him down. There can only be one result, either Admiral Lasiter wins and leads or Kettering wins and takes over." she answered.
Her Chief of Staff adds, just finishing a bite of his own, "A fight or flight situation. But something worse could happen. There could be a stalemate, each weakened, but not out. That very well could divide the fleet into two very nasty pieces." "At a time when we cannot afforrrd it," said Kitanya. Captain Alexander again adds a thought, "In theory it is simple. All Admiral Lasiter needs to do is show measurable progress, a clear plan for reform, and prove to all that he is a strong leader. Simple in theory" "But not so simple in prrractice. Lasiterrr holds his carrrds to his chest verrry closely, and his strrrategy depends on it. Like I said, though, I'll see what I can do. Perrrhaps I can convince him to drrrop a bone to the media. The Venasian storrry is getting stale, and they'rrre looking forrr something new to chew on." Like most upper-level military, she hated the press, but they had their uses. Like everything else, you had to have a strategy to deal with them. "The hint of a significant change by CinC Starrrfleet, especially in this 'time of crrrisis' as they love to sell it, will be newsworrrthy." (resp?)
